Dish Network may be a target for AT&T, after the telecommunications company failed in its attempt to purchase T-Mobile USA, reports Bloomberg, citing an analyst report. AT&T is "desperate for spectrum,’ notes Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher King, according to the…
HBO dished out some holiday cheer to one of its series today, but it was a bloodbath for much of the lineup. The network pulled the plug on "Hung," "Bored to Death" and "How to Make It in America," while…
The NFL announced a plan today that will take the upcoming Super Bowl, scheduled for Feb. 5 in Indianapolis, somewhere it has never gone before: streaming online and to mobile phones, The Wall Street Journal reports. NBC’s broadcasts of the…
Thomas Rutledge, who resigned as chief operating officer of Cablevision Systems, has resurfaced with a new job: chief executive officer of rival cable operator Charter Communications, reports Bloomberg. As recently reported, Rutledge’s departure was called "a staggering loss" for Cablevision…
Sunday’s season finale of "Homeland" was a ratings winner for Showtime, pulling in the biggest audience for any first-year show in the network’s history, The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog reports. The first airing of the show drew 1.1…
Fox News Channel’s prime-time lineup lost viewers in 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. But the network still beat CNN and MSNBC combined, the story notes. Fox News declined 9% in prime time for the year,…
With a flood of talk shows jockeying for position in the fall 2012 marketplace, another contender has reached the 80% milestone, B&C reports. “Jeff Probst,” starring the “Survivor” host, has been picked up by stations representing 80% of the domestic…
A former CNBC anchor who has recently worked as a contributor to ABC’s "Good Morning America" is joining Bloomberg Television as co-anchor of "Street Smart," reports Deadline.com. Trish Regan, who was also with CBS News in the past, will be…
Syfy has announced that it is bringing back a freshman series for a second season, Deadline.com reports. The show is "Paranormal Witness," which re-creates the experiences of people who have lived through apparent supernatural episodes. The network has ordered 12…
Asked how much he’s making for his new gig as a judge on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” Howard Stern scoffed at the suggestion that it’s as “little” as $20 million, as has been reported. TMZ.com reported that Stern’s response when…